Cutting tool and method for supplying cutting medium to the same
AssigneeMitsubishi Materials Corporation
InventorsTatsuo Arai, Hiroshi Shimomura
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Abstract
A cutting tool for a machine tool including a tool body, at least one cutting edge and a cutting medium supplier. The tool body has one and another end portions along an axis thereof and is configured to be attached to a machine tool at the another end portions to be rotatable. At least one cutting edge is provided on the one end portion of the tool body. The cutting medium supplier supplies an atomized cutting fluid or a chilled gas to a place where a work is cut by the cutting edge.
Claims21
A cutting tool for a machine tool, comprising:
- a tool body having two end portions along an axis thereof, the tool body being configured to attach rotatably to the machine tool at one of said two end portions;
- at least one cutting edge provided on the other one of said two end portions and configured to mill a work;
- a cutting medium supplier configured to supply at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas to a place where the work is being milled by said at least one cutting edge;
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- a visualizing mechanism configured to make the at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas visible.
A method for supplying a cutting medium in a machine tool having at least one cutting edge, comprising the steps of:
- providing a visualizing mechanism configured to make at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas visible;
- supplying the at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas to a place where a work is being milled by the at least one cutting edge;
- and
- making the at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas visible.
A cutting tool for a machine tool, comprising:
- a tool body having two end portions along an axis thereof, the tool body being configured to attach rotatably to the machine tool at one of said two end portions;
- cutting means for cutting a work, said cutting means being provided on the other one of said two end portions;
- supplying means for supplying at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas to a place where the work is being milled by said at least one cutting edge;
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- visualizing means for making the at least one of an atomized cutting fluid and a chilled gas visible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.